Yesterday’s 3-mile run was such a rush! Today’s run just plain sucked. I’m very surprised at the time it took to run this, especially since I walked the 4th mile. Why I think this run was hard: Did not stretch yesterday Great “mom” food yesterday–and lots of it! Sweets usually weigh me down. Not getting [...]
St. Louis
Best 3-mile run so far
The weather was again nice and cool, and we got up early to run our 3 miles. We started at the History Museum in Forest Park in St. Louis and ran 1.5 miles out and back. The trail is flat for the first mile, then the 1/2 mile is all incline until you turn around [...]
Cooler Weather in St. Louis makes for a great 10-miler
I’ve run around Forest Park in St. Louis many times. That ‘s where I spent the majority of my training for the Alaska marathon back in 2005. I worked for FOX 2 KTVI in St. Louis, which at the time was located across the street from Forest Park, so I would change after work and [...]
Ellen’s 50th Birthday
For many years, I kept hearing about how Ellen was going to get a limo for her birthday, and it happened! It was a party I couldn’t miss and flew back home just for the weekend to be there with her and the family. Ellen, Erin, Ashley, and the McDermott family all hopped in the [...]
Guy Phillips Celebrates 30 Years
Guy Phillips, morning radio host at Y98FM in St. Louis, is a legend. His bio on Y98.com doesn’t do him justice, and why there’s not a lengthy Wikipedia article on him is beyond me. Maybe I should create one. After 30 years at the same seat on the same show on the same station…it’s obvious his [...]
Are the signs helping?
It’s been over a month now since the Missouri Department of Transportation turned on this experiment along I-270. MoDOT is claiming this will keep traffic flowing smoothly on the state’s busiest highway. They also said that reducing the speed limit during peak times will reduce the stop-and-go traffic that can increase travel times and the [...]
Google Street View for St. Louis
This is a follow-up blog to my original post about Google’s Street View application. I’ve noticed now that parts of the St. Louis area are part of the feature where you can explore cityscapes, landmarks, points of interest from a street perspective. Find shops, restaurants, parks, hotels and more. Incredible detail I must say! Above [...]
Rams for sale: real or rumor?
Yahoo! Sports NFL Columnist Mike Silver has reported that the St. Louis Rams may be on the market for a new owner and a new home. Silver reports that former San Francisco 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo may be eyeing the Rams with the possibility of moving them to Los Angeles. However, the Associated Press is [...]
Same car, same time, same lot
OK, this really stumps me. There is the same car at the same time on the same lot that I see on the way to work. The car is in McDonald’s lot parked and running on two or three days a week. And it’s a nice Mercedes. Why is this? Carpool? Drug deals? I’m confused. [...]
Web Poll: Need Directions!
Please take a minute and fill out this informal poll. Any comments you have will be greatly appreciated as well. I’ve always wondered what is being used the most, and now’s my chance. [polldaddy poll="249573"]
Almost the hat trick of STDs
As reported on FOX 2: “St. Louis takes the top spot when it comes to two common sexually transmitted diseases. A CDC report shows St. Louis leads the nation in infection rates for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea. Nearly 7,500 cases of the two diseases were reported last year. City health officials met to figure out what [...]
Alert! Alert! Morning Radio
Did anyone hear the EAS (Emergency Alert System) take over the radio airwaves Tuesday morning? I have not listened to local morning radio in a while (hooked on Sirius Satellite Radio), but of all days, TODAY was the day I decided to hear what’s been going on with Guy Phillips, Craig Cornett, and other morning [...]
A pizza party for 15
So, about 2 months ago, I went to Smugala’s Pizza in Sunset Hills. While I was there, I dropped my business card into an empty fish bowl to win a pizza party for 15 of my friends. This morning, I got a call from a guy who was happy to tell me I was the [...]
The Longest Stoplight In Town
If anyone drives in the Marlborough/Affton area, you know about Laclede Station Road and Watson Road (by Yorkshire Plaza). That light is BY FAR the longest I’ve ever sat at. It’s like standing in line at the DMV! Road crews expanded the lanes not too long ago, and I was hoping it would make the [...]
Stop Signs are Yield Signs?
I learned the true definition of a city driver when I moved into an apartment in the city a couple years ago. On the way to work, there are three stop signs a couple blocks apart along Jamieson Ave heading towards I-44 (near Mom’s Deli). When I started commuting, I used to make full stops [...]